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H. A. KING.

ANTI PRIGTION BEARING.

No. 373,807. Patented Nov. .22, 1887.

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I-I. A. KING.

ANTI FRIGTION BEARING.

Pateted Nov. 22, 1887.

HOMER A. KING, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE KING VHEEL COMPANY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

ApNTl-FRICTION BEARING.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,807. dated November 22, 1887.

Application filed September 2S, 1586. Serial No. 214.773. (No model.)`

my anti-friction bearings patented under the4 title of veloeipedes, May 4,1886,No.341,383`, also Patents Nos. 349,801` and 349,802, issued September 28,1886, but is applicable to any Fig. 7 is a sectional viewof other bearings where it is desirable to avoid friction and frequency of oiling.

Referring to the drawings, similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 isa sectional View of part of a small wheel of a velocipede with spokes s, fork ff, hub y, adj ustable anti-frictional rollerbearings s', s", and s", oil-inlet a, oil-shield a', screwedfast to the hub, and felt dustpad b between the hubv and the dust-shield c, both shown in cross section and adjusted laterally by the nut a on the axle w. The inclination s may be solid on one end or loose on both ends,with or without screw-thread, for lateral adjustment, and the rollers s" may be composed of one piece of metal or of two or'three, and held by the axis at the center or at both ends on a pivot or otherwise. Fig. 2 is an end view of the collar s in Fig. 1,which holds the rollers apart and in place. l Fig. 3is an outline end view of the hub y, rollers sf, and laxle w. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the anti-frictional bearings with a part of an axle of a carriage or wagon wheel. Fig. 5is a sectional view of the anti-frictional bearings with an axle and car-wheel. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of my an'ti-frictional bearings with brackets to hold each end of the hub, and with apulley on one endv of the axleA or shaft, and with a head on the other end over the axle or shaft, which is extended as a cotton-spindle for spinning. the anti-frictional bearings held in brackets and supporting a Fig. 8shows the inclined rollsaw-mandrel.

ers s held apart and in place on pivots at each end in s', the oil-shield a', secured by screws or otherwise to hub 1, the felt dustpad b, and the metal dust-shield c. Fig. 9 shows the inclined rollers s on the left hand,

vcomposed of one piece. of metal, held in place and apart in s' at both ends. and the rollers on the right hand composed of two pieces of metal held in place and apart on an axis in the center. Fig. 9 also shows the inclined collar or cones s without internal thread, being adjusted by nut n, and a washer or washers, 71.', on one or both ends of the axle.

It is evident that the parts may and yet be the same invention.

, Having described my invention, what I claim as new in this application isbe varied 1. The dust-shield c, in combination with inclined adjustable roller-bearings running in'a circle between an inclined surface on the outside of the circle and an inclined surface on the inside of thc circle and held apart from rolling together.

2. r[he ilexible dust-pad b between the end of the outer inclined surface and the dustshield,` in combination with inclined adjustable roller-bearings running in acircle between an inclined surface on the outside ofthe circle and an inclined surface on the inside of the circle.

3. The oil-guard a', rigidly secured lin the end ofthe outer inclined surface, in combination with inclined roller-bearings running in a circle between an inclined surface on the outside of the circle and an inclined surface on the inside of the circle.

4'. The combination of the dust-shield c, and oil-guard a', with inclined adjustable rollerbearings running in a circle between an inclined surface on the outside of the circle and on the inside of the circle, an inclined collar, encircling and adjustable laterally upon an axle orvshaft, cssent-ially as set forth.

HoMEa A. KING.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. MELLoWs, WALDO E. CLARK. 

